Early Thaw Prompts Weight Restrictions
Weight restrictions will be in place on all provincial gravel roads starting at noon Friday, Feb. 24. Read more.
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Federal Infrastructure Funding Delays
The federal government has announced unprecedented investment to renew Canada’s aging public infrastructure. However, there have been delays in rolling out the funds to get the much needed projects off the ground and the deadline for Phase I is approaching fast. The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has expressed concerns regarding the March 18, 2017 deadline […]
Researchers Explore Cooling Film Metamaterial
Metamaterials are materials engineered to have a property not found in nature. They are composites, usually involving metals or plastics, plus super-small or super-thin materials derived by nanoengineering. They derive their properties not from the properties of the base materials from which they are made but from their newly designed structures. Read more
New CO2-eating Concrete Takes Less Energy to Produce
An engineering and materials science professor at Rutgers University has created an eco-friendly, lightweight concrete using reactive hydrothermal liquid-phase densification (rHLPD), according to Phys.org, which notes that the process models generative design behavior of shellfish to create organic ceramics while submersed in water. Read more
PSPC Taking Steps to Improve Security Clearances
This Ottawa Construction Association article provides a great summary of the user-facing changes, internal process changes, as well as the portability, fingerprinting and sponsorship-related improvements that the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Industrial Security Sector is taking. Read more
Dubai Is Bringing the World Its First Rotating Skyscraper
Dubai plans to take your 360-degree experience far beyond video by building the world’s first ever rotating skyscraper by 2020. Read more
Emerging Drone Applications in Heavy/Highway Construction
From bid preparation through project development, completion and maintenance, drones offer ways to speed results and reduce costs on heavy/highway construction projects. Read more
International Battle for Private Dollars to Supplement Public Funds Becomes Heated
The man tapped to build an experimental agency to finance the construction of roads, bridges, and transit systems says the new infrastructure bank will help Canada better attract private dollars even as our closest neighbour promises a massive construction plan that relies heavily on private investment. Read more
Builders’ Lien – General Information
This page gives general information about liens which apply to construction projects, such as building or renovating a house, and the basic steps to enforce a lien if money is owed. It is not intended to replace legal advice from a lawyer. Read more. *CANS has received permission from the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia […]
Canada: Medical Marijuana and Health Benefit Plans
On January 30, 2017, a Board of Inquiry, formed as part of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, issued its decision in Skinner v. Board of Trustees of the Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund, which found that the denial of an employee’s request for coverage of medical marijuana under a health benefit plan amounted […]